Is CVE-2009-1887 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-1887 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-1887?

CVE-2009-1887 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-1887

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.2%EU EUVD

agent/snmp_agent.c in snmpd in net-snmp 5.0.9 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted SNMP GETBULK request that triggers a divide-by-zero error. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-4309.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-369
EPSS score: 2.2% (83th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-1882)
Published: June 26, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1882 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

net-snmp / net-snmp
redhat / enterprise linux

References

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:156(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1124.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=506903(Issue Tracking, Patch)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8426(Tool Signature)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9716(Tool Signature)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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